Youth Music, charity partner for the Music Week Awards 2016, has announced the winner of its Cambridge Audio giveaway competition which took place at the ceremony last Thursday, April 28.
Stuart Galbraith from Kilimanjaro won a Cambridge Audio CXN network player and CXA60 amp.
Andy Parfitt, chair of Youth Music, addressed guests and spoke about the work of the national charity providing music-making opportunities for young people who face difficult challenges in their lives. These include disability, poverty, mental health issues, unemployment and those escaping war.
He said: “Young people in challenging circumstances can be invisible to us, yet some of the problems they face are getting worse. We know there are many more who desperately need our help. Right now we can only support around a third of applications we receive for help, and we know that’s just scratching the surface of the nationwide need”.
Youth Music's Give a Gig campaign invites artists, managers and promoters to support the charity’s work by putting on live music events, or donating the proceeds from existing shows or tours.
At the ceremony, MOBO award-winning singer-songwriter Laura Mvula spoke about the role Youth Music played in developing her career. At the age of 14, Laura took part in Black Voices, a Birmingham based project supported by the charity, where she later wrote songs for, and coached, young singers in the group.
Said Mvula: “Youth Music gave me the tools and the platform to develop as a performer, a writer and a singer.At a time where it seems our nation no longer puts the musical creativity of its young people high up on the priority list, I knew right from our very first project together that Youth Music would be the saviours of music education in this country, creating endless opportunities and providing important resources to aid the musical growth of young people from all walks of life, of all backgrounds.
"I know without the support and wealth of musical opportunities I had as a kid, there’s no way I’d be where I am today. I owe so much of what I’ve achieved to precious families like Youth Music and Black Voices. I hope you’ll feel a shared responsibility to help them continue their work.”
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